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    Roy Dikeman Chapin Sr. (February 23, 1880 – February 16, 1936) was an American industrialist and a co-founder of Hudson Motor Company, the predecessor...
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  • chief executive officer of American Motors Corporation (AMC). Chapin's father, Roy D. Chapin Sr., was one of the co-founders of the Hudson Motor Car Company;...
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    January 9, 1967. Abernethy was replaced by Roy D. Chapin Jr. (son of Hudson Motors founder Roy D. Chapin). Chapin quickly instituted changes to American Motors's...
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  • appliance to match décor of their kitchens. Under the leadership of Roy D. Chapin Jr., AMC sold off its Kelvinator operations in 1968. (AMC then purchased...
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    Roy D. Chapin His son Roy D. Chapin Jr. was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1984 and his grandson, William R. Chapin, was named president...
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  • businessman and activist Roy D. Chapin (1880–1936), US industrialist Roy D. Chapin Jr. (1915–2001), US industrialist Samuel Chapin (1598–1675), US founder...
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  • William R. Chapin (born June 7, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan, United States) is the American grandson of Roy D. Chapin, a founder of the Hudson Motor Car...
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    Hoover 6 Roy D. Chapin Michigan August 8, 1932 March 3, 1933 7 Daniel C. Roper South Carolina March 4, 1933 December 23, 1938 Franklin D. Roosevelt...
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  • organizer of the company was Roy D. Chapin Sr., a young executive who had worked with Ransom E. Olds. (Chapin's son, Roy Jr., would later be president...
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    Elissa P. Benedek William E. Boeing George Gough Booth Eli Broad Roy D. Chapin Roy D. Chapin Jr. Nina Clifford Louis-Césaire Dagneau Douville de Quindre Bertrand...
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    pioneer Roy D. Chapin and auto executive Roy D. Chapin Jr., American painter James Ormsbee Chapin, and James Ormsbee's son, jazz drummer Jim Chapin, and...
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    Sixties." During the December 1967 public introduction of the car, Roy D. Chapin Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of AMC, stated that the Amitron...
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    President Herbert Hoover Preceded by William F. Whiting Succeeded by Roy D. Chapin Personal details Born Robert Patterson Lamont (1867-12-01)December 1...
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    with firm to Flint) Roy D. Chapin, founder of Hudson Motor Car Company and US secretary of commerce (born in Lansing) Roy D. Chapin Jr., CEO and chairman...
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    known for their single "You Get What You Give" Anita Baker: soul singer Roy D. Chapin: 457 Lake Shore Drive, Hudson Motor Car Company founder, served as United...
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    re-designed automobile with a lower manufacturing cost and selling price. Roy D. Chapin decided to repeat the successful strategy in 1932 by producing "a very...
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    industrialist. He was one of the founders of the Hudson Motor Car Company with Roy D. Chapin. He was a charter member of The Society of Automotive Engineers and...
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    Arthur M. Hyde, and Dan Glickman); United States Secretary of Commerce (Roy D. Chapin and Robert P. Lamont); United States Secretary of Health and Human Services...
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    entrepreneur Renaldo "Obie" Benson (1937–2005) – Member of Motown's Four Tops Roy D. Chapin (1880–1936) – Industrialist, automaker and U.S. Secretary of Commerce...
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    the competition." Even before its introduction, AMC's Board Chairman Roy D. Chapin Jr. described "It will be a visibly different car, maybe even controversial...
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    the seed capital for the establishment, in 1909, of Roy D. Chapin's automotive venture, which Chapin named the Hudson Motor Car Company in honor of J.L...
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    Michigan, during 1931 and 1932. The Hudson Motor Car Company, headed by Roy D. Chapin, developed a reputation and success in the automobile marketplace by...
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  • operations and charged Stephen Girard to find a buyer. He was friends with Roy D. Chapin Jr., and lobbied AMC's president to buy the light utility vehicle business...
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    Wood (president and general counsel of Sears Roebuck, respectively); Roy D. Chapin Jr., CEO of American Motors Corporation; and the founder of the Santa...
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    Pointe Miguel Cabrera, MLB player for Florida Marlins and Detroit Tigers Roy D. Chapin Jr., chairman and CEO of American Motors Company Laura Devon, actress...
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    leadership of Roy Abernethy, but the automaker changed management in January 1967 with the appointment of a new chairman and CEO, Roy D. Chapin Jr., whose...
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  • good-lookers." After a management change at AMC, Teague worked under Roy D. Chapin Jr., who was also a sports car enthusiast. Teague developed production...
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    (2009-11-15). "Five: The Founding of the Hudson Motor Car Company and the Roy D. Chapin Era, 1909—1936". Storied Independent Automakers: Nash, Hudson, and American...
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  • departure to become Michigan governor opened the door for his successor, Roy Abernethy, to redirect the company towards a strategy of competing head-to-head...
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    magazine advertisement, featuring the winning race drivers George Follmer and Roy Woods, promoted the special package. These cars came packaged with an additional...
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